DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/12 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.0 - - 74.5 - - 72.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 94 - - 28 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3305 - - 4385 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2644 - - 2720 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4194 - - 5274 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2999 - - 2039 - - 6203 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 310 - - 263 - - 31 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 21 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 261 - - 263 - - 251 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - -5 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 575 - - 1509 - - -1536 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3619 - - 3765 - - 2474 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1208 - - -116 - - -2708 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5402 - - 5390 - - 3646 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 75 - - 77 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 290 - - 320 - - 870 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.0 - - 74.5 - - 72.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.2 - - 61.0 - - 64.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.7 - - 74.5 - - 73.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.8 - - 59.6 - - 63.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 94 - - 28 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3305 - - 4385 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 9 - - 28 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 13 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 98894 32 095 21 094 21 073 98894 91405 31 086 22 101 14 079 91405 85654 24 082 22 091 17 082 85654 80885 17 085 22 090 21 076 80885 76781 17 102 18 091 17 081 76781 73152 17 099 14 105 11 081 73152 69869 14 098 13 110 10 105 69869 66851 6 094 7 120 3 088 66851 64063 10 137 7 118 11 203 64063 61370 5 129 2 303 5 146 61370 58554 10 267 13 236 14 252 58554 55629 35 242 20 273 18 256 55629 52834 39 226 40 258 33 254 52834 50313 31 223 39 246 45 265 50313 48056 34 262 44 249 57 258 48056 46005 59 263 53 258 54 255 46005 44126 71 259 62 263 62 267 44126 42404 78 256 71 267 72 269 42404 40812 80 254 74 268 75 268 40812 39324 78 253 74 268 75 270 39324 37925 76 258 73 267 76 270 37925 36574 80 264 70 265 74 268 36574 35203 83 265 68 264 72 266 35203 33787 84 264 67 263 70 266 33787 32323 85 265 66 261 68 268 32323 30798 85 266 66 259 66 268 30798 29201 85 267 67 261 63 265 29201 27531 84 268 70 268 61 265 27531 25783 84 273 73 274 61 267 25783 23955 80 277 72 277 61 267 23955 22046 75 276 67 279 58 269 22046 20052 74 279 62 277 53 267 20052 17972 66 283 56 276 50 268 17972 15854 49 280 45 280 45 275 15854 13821 37 276 35 273 35 285 13821 11975 33 278 31 269 30 281 11975 10339 31 282 29 277 28 280 10339 8888 31 285 28 285 26 286 8888 7602 32 286 27 286 24 288 7602 6460 31 282 27 281 23 283 6460 5446 28 276 26*276 22 276 5446 4550 26*273 25*273 20 273 4550 3756 24*270 22 264 20 271 3756 3044 21 262 22 262 19 269 3044 2414 21 260 21 261 18 265 2414 1887 20 259 20 260 17 262 1887 1482 19 259 19 260 15 258 1482 1204 18 258 18 259 12 255 1204 1035 17 258 16 258 10*253 1035 938 13 258 12 258 6*251 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography